Alphabet's Google urges US government to avoid breaking up firm, source says

Google reportedly pleads with Trump DOJ to avoid anti-trust breakup - Google was officially deemed a monopoly by the Biden administration in August.

Google presses Trump's DOJ to abandon breakup plans, citing national security

Google is trying to convince the Trump administration that breaking up the company could have chilling effects on US national security. Quoting unnamed sources familiar with the...

Google appeals to Trump DOJ to halt breakup plans

New Delhi: Google has made an urgent plea to President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice (DOJ) to reconsider a Biden-era proposal to dismantle the company, warning that such a move could jeopardise US national security and economic stability. According to the news reports, the appeal, detailed in a private meeting held last week with DOJ officials, comes as the government intensifies its efforts to dismantle what a federal judge ruled in Augu…

channelnews : Google Desperately Seeking To Avoid Historic Breakup

Google is staring at the possibility of it being subject to the biggest forced breakup of a US company since AT&T was dismantled in 1984. Last year, a US federal judge ruled that Google had illegally monopolised the search market. Judge Amit Mehta found that the billions Google pays to other companies including the likes of Apple and Samsung to make its search engine the default option on smartphones and web browsers effectively blocks competito…

Google appeals to DOJ to not break up the company

Google is asking for the Department of Justice (DOJ) for some leniency so as not to break up the company. Reportedly, representatives for the Alphabet unit asked the government in a meeting last week to take a less aggressive stance as the U.S. looks to end what a judge ruled to be an illegal online search monopoly, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the private deliberations. “We routinely meet with regulators, including…

Google tells Trump’s DOJ that forcing a Chrome sale would harm national security

Google is no stranger to antitrust scrutiny, but the walls may be closing in. As the next phase of Google's search trial nears, the company's lawyers have reportedly met with representatives from the US Department of Justice in hopes of heading off a breakup. Google is reportedly pushing the argument that forcing it to spin off parts of the business and limit certain investments would constitute a national security threat. Google's antitrust sit…